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Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ἄρρην (árrhēn).
Noun
άρρενας • (árrenas) m (plural άρρενες)
- a male person, man
- Synonym: άντρας (ántras)
Declension
- άρρεν n (árren, “male child”)
- αρρενογονία f (arrenogonía, “male birth”)
- αρρενοπρέπεια f (arrenoprépeia, “masculinity”)
- αρρενοπρεπής (arrenoprepís, “masculine”, adjective)
- αρρενωπός (arrenopós, “manly”, adjective)
- αρρενωπότητα f (arrenopótita, “virility, masculinity”)
- άρρην (árrin, “male”, adjective)
- αρσενικός (arsenikós, “masculine”, adjective)
- αρσενοκοίτης m (arsenokoítis, “sodomite”)
- αρσενικοθήλυκος (arsenikothílykos, “hermaphrodite”, adjective)
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